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Welcome to the BigFix Blog, where you can read the perspectives from network and service assurance experts. This Blog provides insights into the endpoint management solution, as well as technical details about specific IBM products.

https://forum.bigfix.com/t/new-white-paper-bigfix-capacity-planning-performance-and-management-guide/15868 *********** https://forum.bigfix.com/ *********** Hello all, For my first post here, I am pleased to announce the publication of the "IBM BigFix Version 9.2: Capacity Planning, Performance, and Management Guide" white paper. It is available from the ISM Library at the following URL: ISM Library3 The white paper provides an overview of performance management and capacity planning for the IBM BigFix Version 9.2... [More]

A Gentle Reminder on End of Support for BigFix version 8.2: We would like to remind you that the previously announced end of support date for Tivoli Endpoint Manager 8.2 is approaching. TEM 8.2 will officially reach end of support on April 30th 2016. Customers using version 8.x of the platform are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible in order to continue receiving product support. Please note that in addition to the many improvements in the 9.x platform releases, many of the BigFix... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is pleased to announce support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 System Z. Users can now deploy RHEL 6 Fixlets in the System Z architecture and avail of features that include the download plug-in and the YUM History dashboard, among others. Highlights: Patches for RHEL 6 System Z site. Actions to take: From the BigFix console, go to the License Overview dashboard and subscribe to the Patches for RHEL 6 System Z site. Gather the Patching Support site, version 1245. Site: Patches for RHEL 6 System Z... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce the support for Maintenance or Technology Level packages and Service Packs for AIX 7.2. The BigFix Patch for AIX team released an upgrade Fixlet for AIX 7.2 Recommended Service Pack (7200-00-01). This release also includes inventory-only (audit) Fixlets for AIX Security Advisories, Critical Fixes, High Impact/Highly Pervasive Fixes and Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) that are released since the last Maintenance Level Package update. Actions to take: Gather the updates for the Patches... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce that the AIX download plug-in was updated to enhance the process of downloading and caching patches from the AIX website. The updated download plug-in (version 4.0) replaces the fixget tool with the Electronic Customer Care (ECC) services to retrieve AIX updates. ECC provides a centralized access point to access code updates for IBM systems. This updated download plug-in ensures that all required filesets are downloaded. Filesets are downloaded and cached directly in the BigFix server,... [More]

It's almost time to say goodbye to the following non-Native Tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise sites that will be deprecated on January 31, 2016 . To help you prepare for this migration, we have given you a head's up with this announcement a few months ago. Patches for RHEL 5 Patches for RHEL 5 Dependency Resolution Patches for RHEL 6 Dependency Resolution Patches for SLE11 BigFix Patch will no longer provide content and support for these sites and they will no longer be available on the License Overview Dashboard... [More]

Want to learn how to upgrade SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11 from SP3 to SP4 with Bigfix Patch? Check this article on creating custom Fixlets for SUSE SP upgrades at https://ibm.biz/BdHedm . You can extend the information in the article for other SP upgrades. Application Engineering Team IBM BigFix

IBM BigFix Patch supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. For detailed information, see https://ibm.biz/BdHGkg . The BigFix patching process is similar among the versions and flavors for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. However, the change in the management services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 might have an impact on how the patches are retrieved. Since Red Hat has moved to a new subscription management for RHEL 7 (see https://access.redhat.com/articles/63269... [More]

IBM BigFix Lifecycle is pleased to announce that Fix Pack and interim fix (iFix) for IBM WebSphere Application Server for Windows Platform are now supported in the Advanced Patching site. You must subscribe to the Advanced Patching site. From the License Overview dashboard, under Lifecycle Management, subscribe to the site to access the content. The Advanced Patching site now contains the following patching content for WebSphere Application Server: Supported platform: Windows Supported Product: WebSphere Application Server component Versions:... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce support for Solaris 11.3 SRU. This release includes tasks to make these SRUs available in your repositories and Fixlets to update your endpoints. Actions to take: Gather the updates for the Patches for Solaris 11 site. Affected sites: Patches for Solaris 11 site, version 62 Application Engineering Team IBM BigFix